New Hobby: Bee Keeping

[massphatness]

Originally Posted by CigarNut

Was your queen a part of this hive before they shipped, or is she new to these bees?

Both actually.

The queen was shipped with the bees, but she's not "their" queen. Thus the need for the acclimation period.

[CigarNut]

Originally Posted by massphatness

Both actually.

The queen was shipped with the bees, but she's not "their" queen. Thus the need for the acclimation period.

For some reason I thought that the queen needed to be related to her bees and started out with bees from her mother's hive.